A Blue A Gold A Red A White B Gold B White B Blue C Blue C Gold C Red C White Masters Matters Issue No 10 October 2016 Masters Matters October 2016 Issue No 10 Issue No 5 Regular Features: Irregular Features: Dates For The Diary: This Page. Nominate for Australia: This Page. Department of Health: Page 3. Tournament team updates: This Page. ‘A division blog: Page 5. Department of Corrections: This Page. From The Saturday 65s: Page 6. Persian Perceptions: Page 4. The French Letter: Not on Page 7. See Page 5. A Short History of New Holland: Pages 7/8. The Balinese Bulletin: Page 10. New Holland Cast of Characters: Page 9. ‘B’ Division report: Page 11. Vale Ted Jones: Page 9. Dates For The Diary: September 28th and October 5th: No Wednesday play during Adelaide - insufficient numbers. September 24th, October 1st, 8th and 15th: No Saturday play during Adelaide. September 24th to October 8th 2016: Interstate Masters Championships - Adelaide. August 19th to 27th 2017: European Cup - Glasgow. } Southern Cross / Australian 70s and 75s. 2017: Interstate Masters Championships - Hobart. 2018: Masters World Cup - Madrid. } Australia June 20th/30th. Grand Masters World Cup - Barcelona. } Australia and Southern Cross 2020: World Cup - possibly Japan. } Australia and Southern Cross Nominations For Australian Teams: The news reached me on the 12th September that these will close on September 21st. Events next year include the Trans Tasman matches and a European tour by the O/70s and O/75s which will include the European Championships in Glasgow from August 19th to 27th. They are now online only (not like our census, we hope) and the form can be accessed on the Australian Masters Hockey web-site at www.australianmastershockey.com. Nominations For Southern Cross: For those who have not heard yet, teams have been nominated in the Tournament Trophy section of the European Cup in Glasgow for O/60s, O/65s, O/70s and O/75s. Nominations will open after the Adelaide tournament on October 9th & close on October 31st.The form can be accessed via the Southern Cross web-site at www.southerncrosshockey.org. State And WA Country Teams: The State O/75s have now also added Phil Anderson (who has taken over the ticket from David Lester - another successful Raiders pass). Bill Baldwin has been told by his surgeon that playing for the Country O/75s is OK provided the area where the BCC was removed is protected by the helmet. I’m sure this is good news to Ken Watt, who can now revert to using his pace playing on the field instead of lurking behind the pads. Perhaps WA Country may have known something as the web-site’s team list has included Bill throughout. The latest I hear is that Brian Stewart (who is now a non-player - see Department of Health) has taken on coaching this side. Department of Corrections: Last issue we told you that Bill Baldwin was not playing in Adelaide. We’re very pleased to have been wrong. See the Department of Health. Stadium Sausage Sizzle: To fit in better with the PHS calendar of events the date has been changed from the first Wednesday of each month to the last one. This means that the next one is due on 26th October - where you will be able to tell your Adelaide stories, or listen to them if you did not go. Page 2 Masters Matters October 2016 Issue No 10 Issue No 5 Department of Health: Bill Baldwin has now played on two Wednesdays and is doing well. Not a bad comeback. Colin Sanders (State O/75s coach) and Ken Watt (former Country O/75s coach) both have a severe viral infection at the time of writing. Brian Stewart (current Country O/75s coach) has been informed that he needs a shoulder operation, and regrettably will not be playing in Adelaide. Coaching O/75s must be stressful - Ken defines the disease as Anticoachalitis. Mal Jackaman and John Milner were occupying the chairs in the sun watching their team on Wednesday instead of playing - both claimed muscle strains. Several members of State teams were out of action on 17th September - including Chip Challoner, Howie Herbert and Ron Venables. I’m told that in all cases it’s just precautionary. And in serious news Richard McEntee from the Saturday O/65s has a blocked aorta (which was discovered on 2nd September) and will be having corrective surgery. Yes he is a relative of Steve McEntee - cousin. Best wishes to all for a speedy and complete recovery. Welcome Back: To State O/65s goalkeeper Steve Drake-Brockman, who I previously sighted lying on a stretcher in the northern circle on Turf One, then departing to hospital via ambulance with a badly dislocated shoulder. He was at State training on the 14th, and has made a good recovery. Letters To The Editor: Responses came from Bob Robinson, Neil Mannolini, Stan Salazaar, John Milner, Ken Beer and David Lester. Thanks to all. Bob Robinson: “... Yes it was me in the Mod team playing at the W.A.C.A. Just a few weeks later Max Havercroft centred a ball striking my leg causing a significant break. I found driving a manual 1934 Hillman Minx in the weeks that followed presented quite a challenge.” Was it one foot for all three pedals, or the good foot for accelerator and brake, with a hockey stick for the clutch? Ed. Neil Mannolini: Was kind enough to compare ‘Masters Matters’ to the Woolworths Masters chain of hardware stores - favourably. I hope we’ll still be here after they are wound up. Ken Beer: Picked up on the La Rochefoucould quote last issue about it being an ability to conceal one’s ability; “... Thanks for not concealing your ability to consistently prepare an entertaining and informative newsletter every month.” I usually edit out the occasional pieces of self-praise, but as this one addresses my major KPI for ‘Masters Matters’ I have included it. Ed. Well Dones: The ‘A’ division umpires list for September is as small as possible Thank you to Vern Gooch and Neil Mannolini, who have done all the games. Gordon has mentioned the ‘B’ division umpires in his report, and again the ‘C’ division are not known to me - thanks to you all. September Saturday umpires were: Peter Brien, Dudley Burress, Brian Glencross, John Mercer, Neil Scaddan, Rod Spencer, and Ron Venables. Thanks umps. And the cooks were Jason at PHS and Jim Wright at Perry Lakes. Thanks to all who contributed to WHM during September. 2016 Tournament: As I age forgetfulness is increasing. The seems to be a common problem; a quick chat with Simon on the 14th revealed that he had found three forgotten track suit tops, while I had found one. All I forgot was my hockey stick, which I rarely use, but will need in Adelaide for entry to the turfs. Fortunately it was in the Stadium Lost Property. Perhaps going away makes our minds so busy on trip details that we overlook the day to day essentials. Quotable Quote Number One: “History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind.” Edward Gibbon (1737 -1794) English historian, writer, and M.P. His most famous work is “The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire.” Ed. Page 3 Masters Matters October 2016 Issue No 10 Issue No 5 Persian Perceptions - With Neil Mannolini: Thanks for this Neil. Since you went it seems to have become very much the fashionable place to visit - having featured in both Perth newspapers. 1) Tehran (capital) - NO PARKING meters. 2) A population of about 9 million. 3) No SUVs or large vehicles. 4) Mostly Peugeot 206 sedans. 5) City streets three lanes each way / built up (foot high separate garden with trees / flowers). 6) Speed humps in streets. 7) Only ‘toots’ to warn other drivers that they are getting too close. Never saw any accidents or dented cars. 8) Impossible to have head on - even in country roads a metre high iron barrier dividing. The three lane roads are everywhere. Out in the country the highways’ three lanes spell out the respective speeds; 100/110/120. Never any sign of road rage. As you can appreciate, a perfectly safe environment. Officially it is Iran, but the locals refer to each other as Persians and are proud of their heritage. Pat and I had a wonderful holiday. Neil PS: Sadly no sign of hockey in Iran / Persia. Department of Limericks Part One: Our look back to 1959 last issue (thanks again to Peter Gason) has produced a response from Bob Robinson who confirmed that he is the R Robinson in the Mods list. WA hockey was very dominant in those days, and nostalgia has produced the following: A blast from the past came from Gase When Perth was a much nicer place It was a good time To be in one’s prime And play top grade hockey full pace. There is nothing personal in this one. I was yet to take up hockey, and was still at school. Though the I Hewitt in the Mods list made me wonder if it was Ian Hewitt from the year ahead of me. If it was he would have been very young for 1As. Ed. Happy Birthday: To Ken Walter, who completed his qualification for the State team this month, and bought drinks at PHS on 14th September. Grumpy Old Men Part One: “In the absence of any clearly-defined goals we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it.” Robert Heinlein (1907 - 1988), US science fiction writer who was a favourite of mine for years.